Studer book still climbing
Results That Last has made the Wall Street Journal bestseller list for two weeks in a row and moving up from #12 to #10. Studer…
Guiliani is still on
The interview has been moved to 1:30 p.m. At 1:15, I will interview Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly about their Project White House. It’s…
Guiliani on IN Your Head Radio – maybe
We got word yesterday that Rudy Guiliani will be available today for an interview on IN Your Head Radio at 1:15 p.m. My producer, Sena…
Chamber on YouTube
On November 8, 2007, 200 great minds came together to change the history of healthcare. Pensacola was the place. The Chamber was the force. They…
Amtrak still no go in Panhandle
Amtrak shut down service between Orlando and New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the central Gulf Coast in August 2005. And while its…
Studer helps Wisc. school district
The Janesville Gazette reports Quint Studer is helping the school district in which he taught special education. Coaches pine for it. Bosses dream about it….
Pensacola – underground railroad
Pensacola got mentioned in a column in The Sheboygan Press on abolitionist Jonathan Walker. It was in the autumn of 1843 that Jonathan Walker found…
Zoo director not fired
The Fort Walton Daily News has stayed on top of the Gulf Breeze Zoo story. This Sunday they interviewed Doug Kemper, the former zoo director,…
HIP squad on patrol
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has a new unit that will fight crime during this holiday season – High Intensity Patrol unit (HIP). The Hippies…
What we wrote about Actigraph
The daily newspaper writes today on Actigraph – seven months after we report on it ( Andrews pays and heals). This means the PNJ may…
Insurers have record profits
The Pensacola News Journal reports that insurers area worried about 2008 hurricane season. Allstate and the Hartford companies want major rate hikes that they claim…
Thanksgiving mysteries
We need Jessica Fletcher (“Murder She Wrote”) or Frank Grissom (“CSI”) to help us solve these Thanksgiving Weekend mysteries: 1. What happened to the Escambia…
Does budget process matter?
The SRIA asking for $10 million from the Escambia County Commission begs an even larger question. Why wasn’t the beach parking in the 2007-08 budget…
20 years still no beach parking
The daily newspaper has an article on the Santa Rosa Island Authority asking the county commission for $10 million for more beach parking. The key…
Happy Thanksgiving
Taking today and tomorrow off. Have a great Thanksgiving. Will be back Friday. -Rick
Tampa lays off city workers
The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports that Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio announced he was laying off 100 more city workers. He also outlined a three-year plan…
How about being proactive?
The thought struck me this morning – Why didn’t Escambia County government have a plan to help out local cultural groups while the Saenger Theater…
Perdido Beach mouse moves to Alabama
From the Mobile Press Register U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist Darren LeBlanc holds an Alabama beach mouse that was caught as part of a…
Time for White to grow up
Escambia County Commissioner Kevin White showed his lack of maturity once again over the Pensacola Children’s Chorus’s request for a reduction in rent for its…
Too many elementary schools
The daily newspaper catches up with we have been talking about on the blog for awhile: school enrollments. The pdf of the actual number of…
